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Meanwhile, Mike Johnston also delivers his preliminary verdict on Canon’s 12.8 megapixel, full frame DSLR.

“I would say that my current fave camera, the estimable Konica-Minolta 7D, has rewarded me with some truly delightful results (my published review of the 7D will appear in Black & White Photography magazine a few months from now). Then again, I got some delightful pictures with my li’l ol’ 3-mp Olympus C-3040z, too. But the different potential of more expensive gear only encourages Magic Bullet Syndrome: people detect the incremental, provisional increase in specialness they’ve bought for themselves with their latest toys, and extrapolate out to absolutes – that is, they assume that ultimate specialness will be the fruit of the ultimate gear, if only they could find and afford it.”

Website: The Sunday Morning Photographer - The Magic Bullet

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